Mixing efficiency in run-down gravity currents
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Mixing efficiency in a run-down gravity current
We present measurements of mixing efficiency in a run-down gravity current created by lock exchange in a channel. Experiments were designed to extend to particularly high Reynolds number (of order 10, based on the current depth), at which mixing is no longer affected significantly by viscosity. Under these conditions, we observe that the run-down density profiles in the channel achieve full sel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0022-1120,1469-7645
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2016.696